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Route Description: траверс
Traverse of Akritov and Agibalova peaks from the east, category 3B complexity, via the eastern walls, in the Sugansky ridge in the Caucasus.
Traversing p. Akritov (3705 m) — p. Agibalova (3705 m) from E.
Caucasus, Sugansky ridge
Strebejev V.N.
July 20, 2002
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- Technical category
- Caucasus, Digoria, Sugansky ridge
- Traversing p. Akritov (p. 3705 m, E) — p. Agibalova (p. 3705 m, W), from E.
- Suggested — 3B cat. diff. rock
- Height difference 900 m, length 1150 m.
Route Description: стене Ю кф.
Description of a Category 3B route to the summit of Galdor Central via the South Counterfort wall in the Caucasus, with details on passage and safety assessment.
Galdor Centralny, 3980 m, via the South Buttress Wall, Caucasus, Sugan Range. Strebeyev V.N., August 18, 1995
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1). Technical category 2). Caucasus, Digoria, Sugan Range 3). Galdor Centralny via the S buttress wall (3980) 4). Proposed — 3B cat. diff. combined 5). Height difference 1100 m, length 1300 m, section lengths:
- 3A — 3B cat. diff. — 90 m (buttress),
- 4A cat. diff. — 30 m (inner corner, "Rusty Wall").
Route Description: Ю стене и ЮЗ гребню
Report on the first ascent of a 4A category route via the southern wall and south-west ridge of Mezena Western peak in Digoria.
Report on the First Ascent by the Team of the Multifaceted Mountaineering Club "FREELINE" from Essentuki
To the Summit of Meshchana Zapadnaya
via the south wall and southwest ridge Presumably 4A category of difficulty. Team Leader: Popov Mikhail Lvovich Coach: Motienko Nikolai Ilich Essentuki, 2019 Addresses:
- 357600, Stavropol Krai, Essentuki, ul. Oktyabrskaya, 434, apt. 59, Popov M.L. +7 928 265-71-30, mikl_popov@inbox.ru
- 357524, Stavropol Krai, Pyatigorsk, ul. Fuchika, 8, building 3, apt. 41. Konstantinov G.A. Ph. +7 988 860-73-77, bargest2008@gmail.com
Route Description: траверс
Description of a combined route, category 5A, to the peaks Maly Sugan, Centralny Sugan, and Uzlovoy Sugan in Kabardino-Balkaria.
- Sugan Maly — Uzlovoy (V. Popov's combined route, cat. 5A, fig. 11). The path from the base camp on the right bank of the Psygansu river (group of 4–8 people) to the initial bivouac on the scree of the wide snow plateau of the Sugan ridge saddle between the peaks Suganbashi on the left and Maly Sugan on the right is described in route 35. From the base camp — 8–10 hours. The path from the "Nakhashbita" glade to the initial bivouac via the Doppakh pass takes:
- 1–2 days (see routes 17, 22, 26, 28). From the bivouac, along the snow plateau, bypassing the Southeast ridge of the Central Sugan peak on the right, approach the snowy slope of the wide couloir descending from the upper part of the Southeast ridge of the massif to the plateau. Overcoming the bergschrund, perform a 200 m ascent, sticking to the rocks, along the steep ice-snow slope (running belay). Then:
- ascend 40 m along the wet slabs (running belay) to the Southeast ridge of Maly Sugan;
- turn right;
- ascend 160 m along the heavily destroyed rocks of the ridge with numerous gendarmes;
Route Description: ЮЗ стене
Report on the ascent of the Saint Petersburg Alpine Federation team to the summit of Selda via the South-West wall, complexity category 3A.
Report
of the St. Petersburg Alpine Federation team on the ascent of Sel'dy peak (3664 m) via the Southwest wall The proposed category of complexity is 3A
Eastern Caucasus.
Team leader: Kirill A. Mazurov
Team coach: Tatiana I. Timoshenko
St. Petersburg
2017
Ascent Passport
Route Description: Ю стене
Ascent to the summit of Shalbuzdag (4122 m) via the South-East Wall, category of difficulty 2B, description of the route, its characteristics and trip details.
- Climbing type: rock climbing
- Climbing area: #2.9 (Eastern Caucasus)
- Peak, its height, and climbing route: Shalbuzdag 4142 m via the southeast wall
- Proposed difficulty category: 2B
- Route description: Height difference 500 m, average steepness 45°, length of sections with I difficulty category — 200 m, II category — 330 m, III category — 190 m, IV category — 20 m.
- Pitons hammered (for belaying): rock: 15 ice: 0 bolt: 0
- Number of walking hours: 8
Route Description: СЗ гребню
Description of a 3A category complexity mountain route to the summit of Shalbuzdag (4142 m) via the Western Ridge in the Eastern Caucasus.
I. The route is combined 2. East Caucasus 2.9. 3. Mt. Shalbuzdag (4142) via the Western ridge. 4. Proposed category of difficulty 3A. 5. Route characteristics a. Height difference: 750 m b. Average steepness of main sections: 40° c. Length: 1340 m. (I category — 580 m; II category — 560 m; III category — 120 m; IV category — 80 m) 6. Pitons driven: - rock: 9
Route Description: ЮЗ гребню
Description of the 3B category complexity ascent route via the southwest counterforce to the summit of Central Shalbuzdag (4142 m) in the Eastern Caucasus.
Ascent Passport
I. Ascent class - rock climbing 2. Ascent area - 2.9 Eastern Caucasus 3. Peak, its height, and ascent route - Central Shalduzdag (4142 m) via the southwest counterfort 4. Proposed difficulty category - 3B, protocol No. 481 dated 22.08.1979 5. Route characteristics: elevation gain - 642 m average steepness - 50–55°, section lengths: R1–R12, R2–R3, R3–R15, R4–R2, R5–R25, R6–R30, R7–R7, R8–R3, R9–R30, R10–R8, R11–R5, R12–R80, R13–R60 6. Pitons driven: for belaying, for creating I.T.O. rock - 10, ice - 0, bolt - 0 7. Number of travel hours - 8 hours
Route Description: Зкф.
Description of the ascent route to the mountain peak, indicating the time of passage, terrain features, and route diagram.
Ascent Log
- Ascent category - technical
- Ascent area - group of volcanoes 30 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky at 55° N
- Peak, its height, route - Kozelsky peak (2070 m), first western edge
- Proposed category difficulty - 3B
- Route description: | # | Sections | Length | Average steepness | |:--|:-----------|:-------------|:------------------| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | --- | ---------- | ------------- | ---------------- |
Route Description: Ю гребню с пер. Ассоль
Report on the first ascent of the KhFTI-80 Peak via the South Ridge from Assol Pass, category 2B, made by the NSC KhFTI team of climbers in 2009.
Peak KhFTI-80 via the S ridge. Ovcharenko V.D. Elbrus E ridge # 2.4
Report
On the first ascent of Peak KhFTI-80 via the southern ridge from Assol Pass
Team of climbers from the National Science Center "Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology"
2009
Passport
- Elbrus region, Irik-Chat gorge, # 2.4
- Peak KhFTI-80, height 3760 m; via the southern ridge from Assol Pass; coordinates of the summit: 43°19′16″ ± 10″ N, 42°32′37″ ± 10″ E.
- Proposed category: 2B, first ascent.
- The route is rocky.